Tsinan

A visit to Shantung and a short residence in its capital city, Tsinan, made the conclusions, which so far as I know every foreigner in China has arrived at, a living thing.

1920 March 3, “Shantung: as seen from within”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)

It is only a slight exaggeration to say that they "took" the Chinese Tsinan before they took the German Tsing-tao....When the Japanese consul at Tsinan was visited by Chinese officials in protest against these illegal arrests, the consul disclaimed all jurisdiction.

1921, John Dewey, China, Japan and the U.S.A., Republic Publishing Co., Inc., page 14

At Tsinan, a city of 400,000, the capital of Shantung province, the river is said to have reached the top of the dikes in the vicinity, endangering the city.

1933 July 16, “Chinese Again Endangered By Flood, Famine”, in The Michigan Daily, archived from the original on 06 Sep 2025

Some fifty thousand Japanese forces straddled the Kiaochow-Tsinan railway, determined to protect Japanese "interests" in Shantung. There were occasional clashes and skirmishes with Chinese troops, and several hundred Chinese soldiers were killed. The Japanese occupied Tsinan, took over the telegraph and post offices, put up sandbags in the streets, and gave every appearance of preparing to contend for the province of Shantung against four revolutionary armies.

1969, Robert Payne, Chiang Kai-shek, New York: Weybright and Talley, page 139

Comrade Huo Wei-te, vice chairman of the Shantung provincial committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, died of illness on 14 June 1977 in Tsinan at the age of 76 despite medical treatment. Comrade Huo Wei-te was from a poor peasant family of (Leichiakuang) village of the (Chunghsiao) commune in Suite County, Shensi Province.

1977 June 22 [1977 June 21], “Shantung First Secretary Presides Over Memorial Service”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 120, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page G 9